A budding entrepreneur had recorded his own “best of” compilations of different soul and reggae artists and he was playing selections from Green’s Let’s Stay Together and I’m Still In Love With You LPs. And then one day, probably in 1994 or ’95, I heard the most gorgeous soul songs coming out of a boombox at the Ashby Flea Market. Of course, I had heard “Let’s Stay Together” on the radio - loved the song - but never managed to follow-up on that piqued interest to listen to his albums. I first discovered Al Green in a Berkeley flea market. In other words, if I were forced to spend eternity listening to one album, I would, without hesitation, select Green’s 1972 classic to be my musical companion until the end of days. Just to retain some mystery, I won’t reveal what all four LPs are though I will share that the album that begins the quartet is Al Green’s I’m Still In Love With You, undoubtedly one of all-time favorite albums and more importantly, my so-called “desert island disc”. Where one of them could fall and crush his skull in his sleep.” They represent a mix of both my favorite and most influential LPs in my young musical audiobiography and are my way of not-so-subtly saying to those who visit - “Hey, Oliver really must like these LPs since he has them framed. Being the record geek that I am, in my bedroom, above my bed, are mounted four album covers.
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